GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| acme | the highest point or stage |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |